Earthly home is never the same

We were sitting at the table recently when I spotted a bluebird sitting on the little perch outside the door of the old shabby bird house. It was a bright blue so I assumed it to be a male bird. It peeked in the door and then back outside. Over and over this continued. I quickly decided it was one of the latest baby bluebirds to hatch out and leave home. For some reason it had come back home. The house was now empty, no one was there, and yet it had the need to come back home to regain some of what he had before he left.

The little bird was a lot like we are I think. We love home and we dream of it always remaining as it was when we were a part of it. We return and things are never the same as they were. Loved ones are gone, meals prepared for us are no longer there, family members are not there to welcome us home, the comfort we long for is forever gone.

This home is not like the home prepared for us in heaven just waiting for us to come and dwell therein. There will not  be anything shabby about this home. It will be the best of the best. It has been prepared by the Master Carpenter himself. It won’t be a lonely place to dwell because there will be many more just like it nearby. The neighbors will be the best and kindest people who have lived on earth. Loved ones will be seen forever there. People will be so happy they will be singing praises to God and praising Him all the time. There will be no need for lights because there will be no night there. God Himself will provide the light. There will be no need for different seasonal clothing because everyone will be robed alike in white sufficient for all seasons. We will be welcomed and wanted there. We have a special invitation from Jesus Himself who invites us to come. Anyone can go, but not all will go. There are rules to be obeyed to enter the gates of that city. We have a lifetime to make preparations to go but our departure date is not known to us. Now is the time to prepare. Behold today is the day of salvation to all those who trust and obey.

“Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:1-3; Read also Revelation chapters 20-21).